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Thu May 01, 2014 5:13 am
Alvarin says...



I found this and thought it might be fun to have you people guess. The answers are in the descriptions of the video, but don't cheat ;) I suggest you put your answers in a spoiler. Also, as a bonus question, which of the languages do you think sounds the best?

I'll go first :)
Spoiler! :
1. German
2. It's some kind of Sami language.. Northern is the most common one, so I'll guess on that.
3. Sounds a bit like German, but the words make no sense.. So maybe Dutch?
4. It might be Gaelic. I have no idea if it's Scottish or Irish Gaelic.
5. Norwegian. The Norwegian prime minister talking to the public after the tragedy at Utøya.. I cried when I saw that on tv.
6. French
7. It sounds like a mix of Swedish, German and English.. Could it be Icelandic?
8. Judging by the music I'd say it's Hawaiian? Might be way wrong.
9. No clue. A Baltic country?
10. Chinese? Like, Mandarin..?
11. Finnish.
12. Eeh.. Arabic?
13. Absolutely no clue.
14. Japanese :3
15. Maybe Croatian? (Aria, you're free to laugh.)
16. English with a beautiful Scottish dialect ^^
17. Waait.. This must be Icelandic. Then I was wrong on 7 >.>
18. An African language.. I have no idea which.
19. Something they speak in India. Punjab?
20. Another Baltic country?

Well, that was harder than I thought.. I'd say I got about 10/20, depending on how close you count. Getting Icelandic wrong the first time is kind of awkward, and confusing Welsh for a Baltic language is probably a bit strange as well. Oh, well.
I actually think that Norwegian is one of the most beautiful languages.. It's something with the tone and melody that makes it appealing. I also really like English (especially with a Scottish accent) and Japanese, though I don't have a particular reason for it.
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Thu May 01, 2014 9:42 am
Demeter says...



This was a lot of fun! My answers are here!

Spoiler! :
1. German
2. Sami
3. Schweitzerdeutch (sort of correct? xD it was still Switzerland!)
4. Irish
5. Norwegian
6. French
7. Dutch (this is interesting because Afrikaans has been influenced by Dutch!)
8. Hungarian
9. Icelandic/Danish
10. Japanese
11. Finnish (do I get more points for recognising the speaker?)
12. Some kind of Asian language
13. Danish
14. Japanese
15. Romanian
16. Scottish English
17. Icelandic
18. Tamil
19. Tamil
20. Russian
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Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:19 am
malachitear says...



Hehe

Spoiler! :
German
(dunno)
Romansh
Ireland English
(dunno)
French
(dunno)
Samoan
(dunno - sigh)
Korean
Finnish
Arabic
(dunno)
Japanese
Polish
English in a Scottish accent
(dunno)
Swahili
Hindi
( :( )
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